More than 90 people are dead after an earthquake shook Indonesia's Aceh province Wednesday morning.

The earthquake’s magnitude was around 6.5, said CNN, and damaged many homes, mosques and shops in the district of Pidie Jaya.

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Many people had to be treated in tents pitched on the grounds of the nearest hospital after the building was damaged in the quake. In addition to the damage, the facility was already overwhelmed with the numbers of those injured, reported The Associated Press.

The director of the hospital in Pidie Jaya, Muhammad Reza Faisal, said five of the quake victims died at the hospital. The total death has risen to 97.

Faisal says: "We are cooperating with the local army and police who lent us stretchers for the victims."

The national disaster mitigation agency said several hundred people have been injured.

A spokesperson for the National Board for Disaster Management Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the death toll could rise and they have to act quickly.

"Now our priority is the search and rescue operation. We have to move so fast to save them," Sutopo said.

CNN said no tsunami warnings or advisories were issued. The reasoning was in part because the epicenter was 12 miles (19 kilometers) southeast of the town of Sigli in Aceh province.